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    How to disable Hel80 touchpad

    Discussion in 'Other Manufacturers' started by TFMedic, Jul 20, 2006.

  1. TFMedic

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    Hi, my wife js receive her new Compal Hel80 from PN, wondering how to disable the touchpad.
    I would've troubleshooted for her but we're countries apart. I tried googling but came up with nothing. Help is appreciated thanks.
     
    TFMedic, Jul 20, 2006
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  2. ew2x4

    ew2x4 Notebook Guru

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    It may be a function key combination. Fn+F7, maybe?
     
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  3. TFMedic

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    she tried the fn combinations and none worked.
     
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  4. kidA

    kidA Notebook Deity NBR Reviewer

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    if you open up the touchpad properties, is there a "Device Select" tab? I know that for my Alps pad on the i6000 there is an option to disable to touchpad when there is another USB Pointing Device present.
     
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  5. Tiger-Heli

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    Don't know for sure, but I would think you could go to System (Windows Key + Pause/Break) click the hardware tab, click the device manager. Look under probably "Mice and Pointing Devices" for anything that says "Synaptic" and right-click on it and select disable.
     
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  6. TFMedic

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    the only thing she can with the touchpad properties remotely close to disabling is uninstalling it.

    My sager also does not have a disable button, but fn+f1 combination does the trick.

    Weird that the laptop did not have a manual when it arrived.
     
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  7. Atook

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    I asked PowerNotebooks about this. They indicated that the only way to disable it was to disable it in the device manager. :(

    There is an option in the control applet to disable while typing though. You could try that.
     
    Atook, Jul 20, 2006
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  8. TFMedic

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    ahh..thats what im afraid of..

    well, thanks for all the replys, i appreciate it much.
     
    TFMedic, Jul 20, 2006
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